13:1 According to the word of Ephraim he
adopted ordinances for himself in Israel; and he established them for Baal,
and died.
13:2 And now they have sinned increasingly, and have made for themselves a
molten image of their silver, according to the fashion of idols, the work of
artificers accomplished for them: they say, Sacrifice men, for the calves
have come to an end.
13:3 Therefore shall they be as a morning cloud, and as the early dew that
passes away, as chaff blown away from the threshing-floor, and as a vapor
from tears.
13:4 But I am the Lord thy God that establishes the heaven, and creates the
earth, whose hands have framed the whole host of heaven: but I shewed them
not to thee that thou shouldest go after them: and I brought thee up out of
the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no God but me; and there is no
Saviour beside me.
13:5 I tended thee as a shepherd in the wilderness, in an uninhabited land.
13:6 According to their pastures, so they were completely filled; and their
hearts were exalted; therefore they forgot me.
13:7 And I will be to them as a panther, and as a leopard.
13:8 I will meet them by the way of the Assyrians, as a she-bear excited,
and I will rend the caul of their heart, and the lions' whelps of the
thicket shall devour them there; the wild beasts of the field shall rend
them in pieces.
13:9 O Israel, who will aid [thee] in thy destruction?
13:10 Where is this thy king? let him even save thee in all thy cities: let
him judge thee, of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and a prince.
13:11 And I gave thee a king in mine anger, and kept [him] back in my wrath.
13:12 Ephraim [has framed] a conspiracy of unrighteousness, his sin is
hidden.
13:13 Pains as of a woman in travail shall come upon him: he is thy wise
son, because he shall not stay in the destruction of [thy] children.
13:14 I will deliver [them] out of the power of Hades, and will redeem them
from death: where is thy penalty, O death? O Hades, where is thy sting?
comfort is hidden from mine eyes.
13:15 Forasmuch as he will cause a division among [his] brethren, the Lord
shall bring upon him an east wind from the desert, and shall dry up his
veins [and] quite drain his fountains: he shall dry up his land, and [spoil]
all his precious vessels.
13:16 Samaria shall be utterly destroyed: for she has resisted her God; they
shall fall by the sword, and their sucklings shall be dashed against the
ground, and their women and child ripped up. |
13:1 When Ephraim spake trembling, he
exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
13:2 And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of
their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the
work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the
calves.
13:3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early dew that
passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the
floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
13:4 Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know
no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.
13:5 I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
13:6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and
their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
13:7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I
observe them:
13:8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will
rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the
wild beast shall tear them.
13:9 O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.
13:10 I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy
cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
13:11 I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.
13:12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.
13:13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise
son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of
children.
13:14 I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them
from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy
destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
13:15 Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the
wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall
become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure
of all pleasant vessels.
13:16 Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God:
they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and
their women with child shall be ripped up. |